Chronology of the Sons of God 1

Wherefore as the spirit speaketh of truths eternal, I am given to ponder much upon the fathers, them of whom it is written that after the fall of Adam that God became the object of faith among the sons of God; and that in the latter times and a little before, the gentiles would search knowledge of the character of God,

Perfection and other godly attributes found in the scriptures, but until that time, the sons of men, the gentiles, shall receive not the saving principles of the gospel like unto the sons of God.

And a plan was laid forth from the pre-mortal existence of man that in times appointedly affixed the sons of men should become partakers of the power of God and would once again stand in his presence.

This being done by the laws of God and by commandment, judgment and mercy exemplifying the works by faith necessary, judgment on the one hand and mercy on the other hand, or mercy on the one hand and judgment on the other hand, it was so decreed eternally by God, or that judgment and mercy were on a parallel.

Hear this ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Thus I speak and say that it should be: for a nation (gentiles) is come upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; and the branches thereof are made white.

Lament like a virgin, girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

Wherefore, I testify that it is written concerning the gentiles coming forth upon the land of promise, even unto the land of the first inheritance, to destroy and smite the literal seed.

Yea, I speak and say, they did destroy the orchards and farm lands, barking the trees and burning them, and they salted the fields.

Thus, it is written that we should have known this thing had we given ear and listened to what hath been prophesied and written by our fathers; the seed did not know because we left thee and we were left alone, but, in this day, it appears that the judgment of God should surely fall upon our fathers and upon us.

I bear witness that the shmitah has fallen upon the covenant people as hath been prophesied.

Now, therefore, the tushiri is soon to come in for the Lord hath spoken it.

Notwithstanding the fall of Adam, here in the land of the first inheritance, an immortal supreme manifestation was made by God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ to prove therewith the existence of God to our fathers; in the book of Moses, Moses informs humanity that God condescended to talk with Cain after fulfillment of the covenant he made with Satan in the pre-mortal life,

In which transgression, he slew his brother Abel(Cain knew that it was the Lord that was talking to him), and as the Lord drove him out from the land of the first inheritance he was driven out from the presence of God and the presence of his covenant family in the Lord.

Yea, because of this knowledge, which knowledge, he did carry with him into the land of Shinar concerning the knowledge of the existence of God and his Son, and he carried forth the knowledge of all appendages of the pure gospel of Christ.

Yet, he could not exercise that knowledge because he had not the priesthood of God, and he was pronounced perdition for he was ordained perdition from before the world wast.

For he loved Satan more than God; thus, he did make a covenant with Satan to destroy the literal seed in mortality.

Now, therefore, I testify that God does not change or that there is no variableness of any degree in what he hath decreed, and all things he hath decreed shall all be fulfilled.

Therefore, I write of my fathers from the beginning that the world may know and comprehend that God does talk to the literal seed and it is to them that God hath revealed his truths in full in all dispensations of God for thus it was decreed in God's book of law.

Yea, even that God hath made promises and covenants with the fathers even unto the end of the earth.

Accordingly, the Lord hath commanded: Blow ye the trumpet in Zion and sound an alarm in my holy mountains: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand.

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong nation; there hath not been even the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

A fire devoured before them; and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness, yea, and nothing shall escape them.

And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army; for his camp is very great; for he is strong that executeth his word; for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a feast, call a solemn assembly; gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breast; let the bride groom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out her closet.

Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, sweep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen (gentiles) should rule over them; wherefore, should they say among the people, where is their God?

Then the Lord shall be jealous for his land, and pity the people.

And ye shall know I am in the midst of Israel, and I am the Lord your God, and none else; and my people shall never be ashamed.

And it shall come to pass afterwards, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

I will show wonders in the heaven and in the earth, blood and fire, and pillars of smoke.

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

Wherefore, I bear a witness that what is written hath been spoken about from before the foundation of this world.

It is upon this truth that all actions to restore and to recover a fallen people are done, that the covenant people of the Lord has been sought, for the which promises and covenants have been made, in heaven and in the earth, to fulfill commitments and promises to bring salvation to the people of the Lord.

Wherefore, I speak and say that sooner or later, multitudes of people shall be in the valley of decision; for the day of the Lord shall surely come like unto the thief in the night and none shall be allowed into the feast that leaveth to refill their lamps of oil, for truly the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

The Lord shall roar out of Zion, even the land of the first inheritance, and he shall yet utter his voice out of Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake, yea, a mighty shaking it shall be; but the Lord shall be the hope of the remnant, and the strength of the children of Israel.

And surely, an acceptable offering shall yet be made by the sons of Levi, and that the Lamanites shall blossom as a rose that they shall fulfill their duties and responsibilities for the Lord hath spoken it.

So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain; then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall be no more strangers(gentiles) pass through her anymore.

Then in that day, the Lord shall dwell in Zion, even the land of the first inheritance, and the saints that went before us, the fathers, shall yet live again, and they shall be there with us to do the work anticipated from since the beginning.

Then it shall be said that the Lord dwells in Zion among his people, and none shall molest or make afraid, and nations of the gentile shall fear the people of the Lord.

And the gentiles round about shall know of the goodness and righteousness of the Lord unto his people, and they shall talk of this thing.

In that time, there shall not come among the people of the Lord any who are unrighteous, even the gentile. For the Lord hath spoken it.

Wherefore, I bear a solemn witness of the truth written by the fathers: hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I have brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:

You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities. Can two walk, together, except they be agreed?

Thus, in the book of Genesis it speaks concerning the order of the fathers, even an account of nine is made in scripture, who, all nine walked with God.

After the fall of Adam (man), Adam lived in the land of the first inheritance as mortal man having been expelled from the Garden of Eden for transgressing the law of God.

Adam was 130 years old when Seth was born, Genesis 5:3; and in the days of Adam, after be beget Seth, were 800 years, thus, making Adam 930 years old when he died.

It is written in Genesis 5: 4-5, that Seth was 105 when Enos was born, Genesis 5:6; Enos was 90 years old when Cainan, his son, was born, Genesis 5:9; Cainan was 70 when Mahalaleel was born, Genesis 5:12; Mahalaleel was 65 when Jared was born, Genesis 5:15; Jared was 162 years old when Enoch was born, Genesis 5:18;

Enoch was 65 when Methuselah was born to Enoch, Genesis 5:21; Methuselah was 187 years old when he begat Lamech, Genesis 5:25; and Lamech was 182 years old when Noah was born, Genesis 5:28.

Thus in accord with what is written in holy writ, and for the understanding of all those who seek truth, herein is truth eternal, a reasoning of time that eternal truths of God was distilled among the fathers by the spirit of the Lord, and the fathers, numbering nine as the first patriarchs, were all taught the truth of God by Adam.

From the account found in Genesis it is understood that Lamech, the nineth patriarch from Adam, the father of Noah, was 56 years old when Adam died; even that all these fathers lived when Adam died in the following order: Methuselah was 243 years old, Enoch was 308 years old, Jared was 470 years old, Mahalaleel was 535 years old, Cainan was 605 years old, Seth was 800 years old.

Wherefore, the scriptures saith truths, and a record was kept by Adam, and in that book of remembrance, a record was written by all concerning their revelations and prophesies unto the end of the earth.

Thus, Lamech the father of Noah, and the remainder of the fathers, namely: Methuselah, Enoch, Jared, Mahalaleeh, Cainan, Enos, Seth, and Adam, were all alive and living in mortality at the same time, and beyond any disputation by man, they were all preachers of righteousness unto the seed.

And collectively through their time, they all testified and bore record of the divinity of the Son and the Father, they having received the Holy Ghost because of their righteousness in Christ.

Thus, in the book of remembrance kept by them of old, it is recorded, and from the which, Moses writes that Seth lived after he begat Enos, 807 years, making him 912 years of age at the time of his death, Genesis 5: 7-8; and, Enos lived after he begat Cainan, 815 years, making him 905 years of age at the time of his death, Genesis 5: 10-11;

And, Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel, 840 years, making him 910 years of age at the time of his death, Genesis 5: 13-14; and Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared, 830 years, making him 895 years of age at the time of his death, Genesis 5: 16-17; and Jared lived after he begat Enoch, 800 years, making him 962 years old at the time of his death, Genesis 5: 19-20;